Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can provide rapid, significant improvements in severe symptoms of several mental health conditions. ECT is used to treat: Severe depression, particularly when accompanied by detachment from reality (psychosis), a desire to commit suicide or refusal to eat.
DYMALLY, Mervyn Malcolm. Biography. A Caribbean immigrant, a longtime member of the California legislature, and the first black elected to statewide office in California, Mervyn Dymally represented a southern Los Angeles County district in the U.S. House of Representatives for 12 years.
Updated: Tue, Oct 21, 2008, 12:17 am. Uploaded: Tue, Oct 21, 2008, 12:16 am. Mervyns founder Merv Morris of Atherton (pictured with his wife Roslyn) Monday expressed great sadness for the several thousand employees impacted by the anticipated closure of Mervyns chain of department stores.